Date updated:05-14-2009
"Here's my take on what to buy and where the deals are." - Jim Cramer

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COF
Capital One Finan - $39.69
- -0.23%
- $39.44
Capital One (COF)? This is the diciest, in that we got a quadruple quickly without any turn in the business. The fact that it "didn't need" capital was perceived as being a "sham" by many shorts I have talked to. I am biased: I told people to sell it at $25. That's where I want the deal if I want in.

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BBT
Bb&t Cp - $25.08
- -0.59%
- $25.06
BB&T Corp. (BBT) is a conservative bank that stumbled right at the end, right at the top, moving out of traditional markets to ones that turned down fast. But it didn't destroy its franchise, and I think that low $20s is a win.

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USB
Us Bancorp - $24.33
- -0.73%
- $24.44
US Bancorp (USB) is a mini-Wells Fargo (WFC), so I want to buy this one down 15% from its last trade of $20. So, if you can get it at $17, I think it works. Bad loans are growing here pretty quickly, but the company told an honest tale on the last quarter, and I can see this one being the most conservative of tonight's deals.

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KEY
Keycorp - $5.69
- -2.57%
- $5.72
KeyCorp (KEY) is the wild card. Boy, I think this bank's weak. This is the first stress-test "failure" bank, meaning that this is the one that I thought should have been forced to merge with another bank. I do not want to touch it, as it has been poorly run, and I don't see any change in that. I would rather wait for a deal from Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), as that company has changed teams up top and has an aggressive management putting the past behind it.

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HBAN
Huntington Bancsh - $3.80
- 0.00%
- $N/A
I would rather wait for a deal from Huntington Bancshares (HBAN), as that company has changed teams up top and has an aggressive management putting the past behind it.
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days.
A. The only one I own : SLX,
too hard pick a winner out all of them
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